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With his father’s mysterious disappearance and his brother Ronnie enlisting in the Vietnam War, 13-year-old TJ Crowley is left alone with his racist, unstable mother, Kate. The newly enforced Fair Housing Act results in the unthinkable for the Crowleys when a Black family, headed by the eminent Dr. Washington, crosses the racial red line and moves in next door. Kate is quick to warn TJ that their new neighbors are strictly off-limits and makes a panicked call to beg Ray, her old flame, to travel to their home in Wichita Kansas to help deal with “the problem next door.”

Dominique Dom Pickens is an NFL player looking for a home in Atlanta. Wren comes highly recommended when it comes to realtors in the area. One look at Wren, and Dom is already picking out wedding venues. But what seems like the perfect match doesn't come easy. Wren has been hurt in the past, and she knows how professional athletes are, so she's not willing to put her heart on the line again.

Some of us start over willingly, and others are forced by circumstance - but everyone who finds herself back at square one could use a dose of courage and comfort. Listeners will discover both in O's Little Guide to Starting Over, a collection of stirring pieces on the topic of beginning again. Just a few of the compelling writers and astute thinkers in the mix: Martha Beck, who advises us that embracing failure may lead to our greatest successes; Kelly Corrigan, who writes that accepting our lack of control can be both freeing and healing....

A thoughtful collection of soul-soothing writing, O's Little Book of Calm & Comfort is the antidote to life's trying times. Featuring essays and interviews from some of the most celebrated contributors to O, the Oprah Magazine, this heartening collection offers solace, wisdom and connection. Among the highlights: Nora Ephron on the state of rapture that comes from a good book; Maeve Binchy on friends; and a conversation between Oprah and the American Buddhist nun Pema Chodron.

Dive into the heart-wrenching world of Voices of New Belarus, a searing documentary drama by renowned Belarusian playwright-in-exile Andrei Kureichik. This powerful work captures the harrowing events of the 2020 Belarusian revolution through the deeply personal accounts of 16 political prisoners. Each monologue reveals a distinct story, a unique truth, and together they create an unflinching mosaic of resistance, sacrifice, and hope.

He thought losing their child would be the most pain he would ever endure—until his wife committed suicide shortly after. After falling into a deep, unshakable depression, he decided to take a vacation to a small, secluded town randomly chosen by throwing a dart at a map. All he brought was his wife’s tarot deck and the clothes he was wearing. Will he find peace, the truth behind his wife’s death, or something else entirely? Or will he be unlucky enough to find all three?

Rikostutkintaa ja aviokriisejä italialaisittain. Triesten kaduilla käy jääkylmä koillistuuli bora nera. Kolea marraskuu vastaa komisario Proteo Laurentin avioelämää: vaimo Laura kertonut sivusuhteesta ja vaihtanut osoitetta. Myös poika Marco aiheuttaa harmaita hiuksia. Muuta ajateltavaa on luvassa, kun läheisessä Contovellon kylässä räjähtää talo ilmaan vieden mukanaan kokonaisen perheen. Pian merellä katoaa kalastaja epäselvissä olosuhteissa ja Karst-vuoriston kätköistä löytyy julmalla tavalla murhattu mies.

Murhatutkimuksia Adrianmeren laineilla. Keskikesän kuumuudessa hehkuva Trieste. Komisario Proteo Laurenti saa hämmentävän puhelun keskellä yötä: aamuyön tunteina luksusjahti on karauttanut täyttä vauhtia rantaan, eikä veneen omistajasta, Bruno de Kopfersbergista näy jälkeäkään. De Kopfersbergia epäiltiin aikanaan vaimonsa Elisan murhasta, eikä Laurenti voi olla miettimättä, onko liikemies päässyt vuorostaan hengestään. Sitten kuolleena löytyvät ukrainalaistaustainen prostituoitu ja tämän veli. Komisario Laurenti joutuu tekemisiin järjestäytyneen rikollisuuden, ihmiskaupan ja murhien kanssa.

Thirty-four stories, three postscripts, and one big message: Positively Altered is a call to action for every one of us to unapologetically live and love our own way no matter what challenges life brings. Positively Altered is about how to find happiness in the rarest of places--for starters, at the bottom of a chemo bag. In a collection of raw, in-the-moment stories that come to life with self-deprecating humor and a hearty dose of reality, Cindy doesn’t sugarcoat her journey any more than she bemoans her fate.

Toronto Method Mindfulness Handbook is a thorough guide to the fundamental theory and practice of contemporary mindfulness meditation. It is a standalone resource for both beginning and intermediate practitioners. Through six lessons, Ari Kaplan explains the importance of balancing present moment awareness with loving-kindness, curiosity with non-identification, and intentional practice with the spontaneous experience of pure beingness. His teachings are rooted in well-recognized research methods, such as the Toronto Mindfulness Scale and emotion-focused mindfulness.

When 13-year-old Jolie Aspern drops her phone onto the subway tracks in 2011, her estranged dad, Ethan, seems like the furthest thing from her mind. A convicted felon and recovering addict, Ethan has always struggled to see past himself. But then a call from his ex makes him fear their daughter's in deeper trouble than anyone realizes. Believing he's the only one who can save her, he decides to return to New York with a gift: the whole of his life, its hard-won triumphs and harrowing mistakes.